Feasibility of a Positive Parenting Program for Women Experiencing Homelessness Who Have a History of Interpersonal Violence

NCT ID: NCT06246773

Last Updated: 2025-05-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-03-26

Study Completion Date

2025-10-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to strengthen the skills and self-efficacy of women by addressing the social and emotional trauma that they have experienced from interpersonal violence (IPRV) and homelessness and to promote positive parenting strategies through Play and Learning Strategies (PALS), an evidence based intervention.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Interpersonal Violence Homelessness

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Positive Parenting Program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Positive Parenting Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

During the first week, women will receive one session of Recovering from Intimate partner violence through Strengths and Empowerment (RISE) and from week 2 they will receive RISE and PALS simultaneously. Participants will receive four to six components of RISE - education on health effects of violence, improving coping and self-care, enhancing social support, and addressing sexual violence, increase safety planning, and assist in making difficult decisions. During each of the PALS sessions, parents will receive instruction on four responsive parenting constructs: contingent responsiveness, warm sensitivity (responses include high levels of affection and understanding of child states), maintaining vs. redirecting attention to objects and topics of conversation, and verbal scaffolding .In addition to direct instruction, parents will video-record themselves interacting with their child and engage in self-reflection of their own parenting behavior.

Usual Care

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive services available to them at the shelter or housing facility

Interventions

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Positive Parenting Program

During the first week, women will receive one session of Recovering from Intimate partner violence through Strengths and Empowerment (RISE) and from week 2 they will receive RISE and PALS simultaneously. Participants will receive four to six components of RISE - education on health effects of violence, improving coping and self-care, enhancing social support, and addressing sexual violence, increase safety planning, and assist in making difficult decisions. During each of the PALS sessions, parents will receive instruction on four responsive parenting constructs: contingent responsiveness, warm sensitivity (responses include high levels of affection and understanding of child states), maintaining vs. redirecting attention to objects and topics of conversation, and verbal scaffolding .In addition to direct instruction, parents will video-record themselves interacting with their child and engage in self-reflection of their own parenting behavior.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Participants will receive services available to them at the shelter or housing facility

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* report of at least one physically violent act from a partner within the past 24 months
* have at least one child 5 years or younger.

Exclusion Criteria

* do not speak English
* their intimate partner is physically present at the time of enrollment
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation - Hillman Emergent Innovation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Doncy Eapen

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Doncy J Eapen, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Locations

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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HSC-SN-23-1086

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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